Tools

bmanning at karoshi.com bmanning at karoshi.com
Mon Mar 3 15:44:34 UTC 2003


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> > Too many features layered on a single tool. Haq the tool
> > and the dependencies will cripple your service offering.
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> LDAP is not a tool, it is a protocol that can be used by many tools to 
> communicate in the same way that many servers (BIND, NSD, DJBDNS, MS-DNS, 
> QuickDNS) can use the DNS protocol to communicate with countless clients 
> (Netscape, sendmail, ...).

	tool in the generic sense. too many things that depend on 
	LDAP for proper functioning -will- make LDAP a tempting
	target.

> Once this begins to provide benefit in North America, the rest of the 
> world will soon follow.

	presuming facts not in evidence.

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> --Michael Dillon
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